Recollets

Recollets is a district of Versailles, France. The district was named for the Recollects Convent, and the monks of the convent refused to grant the Third Estate deputies asylum after the 1789 Tennis Court Oath. During the French Revolution, the Recollects Order was banned, and their convent was turned into a prison. In 1796, the basilica, which was on the verge of collapsing, was demolished, and the area was reserved for military use from the 1800s onwards.